The NMBU FIGARO low dose irradiation facility

The FIGARO Facility at Los Alamos: Capabilities and First Results

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Low Dose Rate Irradiation Facility: initial study on chronic exposures to medaka.

Uncertainties associated with the effects from chronic low-level exposures to radiation prompted us to construct a Low Dose Rate Irradiation Facility (LoDIF). The facility was designed specifically to test the appropriateness of the 10 mGy d(-1) guideline often espoused as acceptable for protection of aquatic biota from ionizing radiation. Scientists at the 0.4 ha facility use 40 outdoor mesoco...

Effect of refuelling on dose rate in an irradiation facility.

Low dose hypersensitivity after high-LET irradiation

An unexpected hypersensitivity has been reported for several cell lines at low doses (<1Gy), which is not consistent with the linear-quadratic approach currently used in general for the description of survival curves [1,2,3,4]. The corresponding substructure of the survival curves has been attributed to induced radioresistance. There are indications, that high-LET irradiation with neutron or pi...

Differential Responses of Stress Genes to Low Dose-Rate ; Irradiation

In the past, most mechanistic studies of ionizing radiation response have employed very large doses, then extrapolated the results down to doses relevant to human exposure. It is becoming increasingly apparent, however, that this does not give an accurate or complete picture of the effects of most environmental exposures, which tend to be of low dose and protracted over time. We have initiated ...